new storm problems tonight. look at this picture. the ground beneath this railroad track has washed away, shutting down local freight service. twice flooded c api tola

dealing with a sinkhole that opened up in a mobile home park. and in mountaineer view, the ground has given away, forcion evacuations inside of sahara gardens park. those are just some the new problems surfacing from last week's storms. the city of san pablo is meeting with frustrated home owner there's to help get them money to cover what happened last week's landslides. >> a race against time for the six home owners who got a chance to meet privately with city officials. san pablo oh o fixes including the city manager and a soils engineer. the question is whether they will get state money to repair on hill or will the houses on the street come tumbling down. entire back yards disappeared. decks and steps in mid air. the city cut down trees that were about to topple and they called in experts.

>> the slide repair we are estimating about $5 million it will cost to repair are so that is beyond the capabilities of the city of san pablo so we are reaching out for state and federal assistance. >> got not going to beat out anything in the house unless the city has funds to fix it. >> the walter's families house was yellow tagged so they are living in a hotel now. the common complaint is how long it will take to get a repair underway. a lot at stake as you can see. the city says in the meantime they are setting up a donation fund at mechanic bank for helping out some of the displaced families. reporting live in san pablo, leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. some of the other problems, an ambulance crew had to work its way around a mud slide in morgan hill to rescue a woman who appears to have suffered a stroke. the santa clara county emergency team there was to check on residents and found the woman. she was wheeled out and taken

to a local hospital. about 20 residents are cut off by a 200-foot long mud slide, the situation with the sliding hill in hercules is getting worse tonight. the city added more barricades to hold back the mud but experts are not optimistic. hard to believe but the dry spell we are now enjoying could still cause problems because the hill is like a sponge. >> once it swells up with water it expands and then when the water starts to leak out and dry out it starts shrinking back down and just that movement in itself can cause the hill to slip. >> hercules declared a local emergency and hopes to join with the city of san pablo in asking the state for money to join home owners. >> a major slide blocking highway 101 on the north coast. it occurred at the southern end of the avenue of buy it and thes. pictures show a 50-foot wall of mud and trees blocking the four lane roadway. you can see that clearly here.

highway 101 is the only major artery into humboldt county. there are no detours available for truckers. it could take a couple of weeks to clean the mess up. from weather coverage to other news. new allegations in the law enforcement scandal that rocked contra costa county. norman welsh and four other police officers face a civil rights lawsuit. they are accused of stealing property seized during illegal searches. the story from laura anthony. >> the officers are acting like mobber tosters and gangsters. >> reporter: he says his clients were rights were violated. >> five different occasions we found a similar modus operandi. they would conduct a raid and sometimes return property and sometimes they wouldn't. >> according to the attorney the surveillance video shows

the welsh led team of officers gun strong conducting a search of the property in october of 2009 with a warrant ob stained under the premise that it was a front for a marijuana growing operation. the suit claims three antioch police officers were in on the search. joshua vincelette, james winesgarver and steven ayello. he says it shows them climbing the ladder to turn the surveillance away from the search activity. >> had a bunch of expensive sports memorabilia taken. is not criminal activity. this is not evidence of the crime. >> much of the evidence was never recovered from the police even though no kimal charges were filed against the o'tooles. the computers were returned only oft that he got a court order. in her to case ford claims welsh and others entered the

blendwood home of jenifer curtis and took expensive jewelry gift cards and cash that was never returned. she, too, was never charged with a crime. michael cardoza is the criminal attorney for welsh. >> there is blood in the water, there will be attorneys to try and seize opportunities to take advantage of norm welsh's situation. >> reporter: besides the three antioch officers another member of cnet was named in the lawsuit. the city of antioch is also named. i spoke with the city attorney late today. we would not comment on the suit except to say that norman well esche has not been an employee of antioch for a long time and that the three antioch officers have never been employed by cnet which is run by the state. in antioch, laura anthony, abc 7 news. residents of a usually quiet hayward neighborhood got a scare when three men running from police decided to hide in their homes. is home surveillance video of

the suspects ramming a stolen jeep into a police car. police say the men just burglarized a house on leeward street with the woman still inside. they got out and took off running as you see. police went looking door to door for them. snipers took to the roof tops. eventually police found two suspects. one hiding in a backyard shed and the other inside a house. the third man has not yet been found. >> it indicates he is still within our perimeter. if we tonight develop anything further than, yeah, we're clear. >> it took place more than 7 hours to clear the scene. neighbors say they recently started a neighborhood watch because of all of the break-ins. former state controller steve wesley has close connections to the president and tonight that relationship is being questioned in connection to hundreds of millions of dollars in government loan guarantees. mark matthews with a look at the investigation done by abc's brian ross anded center for public integrity.

>> when they came to san francisco -- when the president came to san francisco he went to save wesley's house for the fundraiser. wesley has raised a half a million dollars for the obama campaign. he attended january's white house state dinner for the president of china. in february he met with the president on the peninsula for dinner with steve jobs and google's ceo and as investigator reporter brian ross noted his capital company boasts it is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the obama administration interest in green energy. four companies tied to wesley secured over a half billion dollars in loans and grants and the white house since had him appointed to a special advisory forward for the secretary of energy. >> the company that got the bulk of that money was tesla. wesley is an in vetment in tesla motors but it is not his company. he would not talk to abc's

brian ross. >> but a spokesman sent us this statement from wesley saying the department of energy loans mentioned in the report were all awarded before i joined the secretary of energy's advisory board. each company went through an open and competitive application process. also mentioned in the report, the fremont company sulindra which received a half a billion dollars government loan from the department of energy. in spite of the cash they were forced to close a factory and lay off workers. >> because they had to lay people off does that necessarily make them a bad investment that the government put money in there? >> not at all. time will tell. >> wade runs an alternative energy in san francisco and he is a big supporter of the president's but says the government should have based the financial assistance on standards. any company able to meet the standards would get the help.

>> doesn't matter whether you like waves renewable or. the public starts to wonder how that decision got made. >> last summer, government auditors found that the department of energy's loan guarantee program or lgp has treated applicants inconsistently. tesla says it went through a competitive transparent three year application process before it received its loan. silindra says it just needs time to turn things around and the white house told brian ross that politics have nothing to to with who got the loans for the startup green companies. >> be abc 7 news at 9:00 continues here tonight, the death of california's budget negotiations. i'm nannette miranda in sacramento. now, that budget talks have

completely broken down, the question is what is next? the options do not look good. >> i'm spencer christian. how would you like another day of record warmth? it is coming our way, all in our accuweather forecast coming up. also tonight, turning a toxic site into clean green jobs, housing and hope space. and big news for the giants. guess what

investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fire docked at a boat house that brokeout just before noon. it took crews 15 minutes to put the fire out. it did not spread to other boats. a big rig caught fire with another vehicle after crashing with another vehicle in

richmond this morning. the truck was hauling oxygen containers but none apparently was broken in the wreck. a small amount of diesel did spill on the freeway. no one was injured but the wreck did back up traffic for miles. you can see it it as we pull out a bit. as the government con cedes deget in his efforts to get it on the ballot for voters to decide, more on what is coming. nannette miranda is in sacramento. >> reporter: after budget talks broke down dozens of disabled patients are now scared. with no hope for a june special election, with voters to renew temporary tax hikes that might save government services, another $13 billion or more in budget cuts has suddenly become real. >> it is a sew sigh -- is society going to look after her or leave her to the wolfs. asking for basic food and

shelter for people that can't provide for themselves. >> reporter: teachers are nervous, too. public schools are expected to take the brunt of the budget axe in an all cuts scenario making it unlikely pink slip letts be cancel. >> we will lose counselors and athletic programs will be cut further. our district will be unrecognizable. >> democrats say they will find a way to avoid an all cuts budget but the options are problematic including one that tests legal waters. voters passed an initiative that allowed state budgets to be passed by simple majority. anything required is still supposed to require a two thirds vote but the attorneys say that is not true you, that can go aroundgo ancestry republicans. >> the california labor federation is speaking about a citizen initiative asking for taxes on a november provisional ballot.

>> we have to figure out a way to keep the state of california from imploding. >> by november the taxes might be a tough sell. they will have to be called new taxes. in sacramento, nannette miranda, abc 7 news. work is about to begin in richmond to transform a former nursery contaminated with pesticides into a site for housing and open space. federal, state and local agencies kicked off the cleanup project at the old nursery at south 47th street and florida avenue. crews will soon demolish the world war ii era greenhouses and clean up the toxic chemicals thanks to seed money provided by the federal government. >> it should take less than a year to fin finish the cleanup to get it taken care of and everything can be safe and then we can actually start moving forward and putting the urban forests facilities out there. we also have greenhousing that

is going go in and going to be a fabulous complex. >> the project is expected to create about 330 jobs by the time it is finished in three years or so. the greenhouses were owned by a japanese family that managed to hang on to the business even after being sent to internment camps during world war are two. governor brown declared an end to the drought this afternoon. but he encouraged people to still conserve water. the department of water resources conducted its fourth know survey of the season and found the snow back is 165% of average which is terrific news. >> that is great new. >> also waiting for the sun, which is nice and we can enjoy guilt free now that the snow back is there. >> that is exactly right. record warmth today and it will happen again tomorrow around the bay area. a live view from the high definition roof top camera looking at the flags of our

local baseball teams, a's and giants flying high as the regular season is about to start. giants open tomorrow against the dodgers in l.a. take a look at the high temperatures. a's at home friday against the mariners. how is that? equal time. record highs for the day in napa, oakland, san francisco, san rafael. highs to the mid 80s around the bay area and another day of record warmth tomorrow. right now looking at warm conditions all around the bay area, 70 degrees at san rafael. 73 oakland. the cool spot, that would be half moon bay at 57 degrees. on we go to the highlights. another warm day tomorrow with more records likely to fall. cooling begins on friday but we warm up against next week. this afternoon a nice dry flow of wind from the north that cleared away the clouds well offshore and that brought us a warm-up and looks like the warming will continue tomorrow 7:00 tomorrow morning. clouds well off the coast. we willle see a warm-up early

in the day with sunny skies from coast to inland. by mid afternoon looking at high temperatures well into the 80s, perhaps upper 80s on the warmest inland spots. upper 60s to 70 on the coast. a couple degrees warmer in most spots than today. low temperatures tonight will not drop very low. they will be as high as the highs were during the rainy period. lows in the mid 50s over much of the bay area. in fact, antioch, 57. san francisco 56. oakland 56. richmond 55. it will be pretty mild. might need something to cool you off. tomorrow, warmth again in the south bay. high temperatures in the low to mid 80s. 85 los gatos. on the peninsula, 82 redwood city and mountaineer view. 70 on the coast at half moon way. in and around san francisco, 27 degrees in the sunset district tomorrow. 80 degrees downtown. north bay highs range from 82 san rafael to 84 pediluma.

86 santa rosa and that will be a record high for tomorrow's date in santa rosa. richmond 78. record highs for tomorrow as well. inland east bay highs in the low to mid 80s or up to 84 concord and danville, 85 pleasanton. 83 santa cruz tomorrow. 83 watsonville. inland, gilroy, 86. that would also be a record high for tomorrow's date in gilroy. the cataba weather seven-day forecast. milder -- the accuweather seven-day forecast. a chance of rain early saturday. breezy to windy throughout the weekend. warming up again on monday, tuesday and wednesday. a brief period of rainfall on saturday and that is about it. >> just a little blip. >> that's it. >> thank you very much. the remains of a 133-year-old chipper ship resurfaced at ocean beach. it ran aground in 1878.

it occasionally surfaces when winter storms and tides watch away the sand. helga september this report via you teen. can you hold it for the pictures? >> it is the best preserved wreck of a wood p shape anywhere are to be found in the bay area. speaking of resurfacing, arnold schwarzenegger is heading back to show business. he plans to voice the role of a title character in an action comedy cartoon called the governator. comic book legend stan lee is involved in the project. the cartoon is stage one. there could be comic books and a movie in the future. >> as we continue here tonight, the best experts in the country failed to crack this code found in the pocket of a murder victim. now, the fbi is asking the public for help. the witness list is trimmed. is there a quick conclusion ahead for the barry bonds

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appears he will not be on the stand. it is unknown why. the prosecution will be in the home stretch of its perjury case starting tomorrow when it calls the final witnesses. personal assistant kathy hos kips was expected to say she saw him injecting bonds. abc legal analyst dean johnson feels the prosecution has failed to deliver so far. >> as a prosecutor you want one piece of evidence that goes before the jury that is just absolutely irrenewable by the defense. something -- irrefuteable by the defense, something you can say ladies and gentlemen, the defense can't explain that. thus far, the prosecution doesn't have that. it is called a couple of witnesses that they said would have the one inexplicable fact hasn't happened yet. i don't see the doctors or kathy hos kins providing a bomb shell that is going change that. >> bonds is on trial for

telling a 2003 grand jury he never knowingly used anabolic steroids or growth hormones. the fbi is asking the public to help solve a 12-year-old murder case. the case hinges on these coated messages. they were found by ricky mccormick in a field near st. louis back in 1999. mccormick wrote the 30 lines of numbers, dashes and pa ren that that cease. they think it may contain a clue about who killed him. his family says he used encrypted notes since he was a child. the family says even if the codes are grocery list or a love letter or something of that kind they still want to see how the code is solved. they say it as system that they know nothing about. when abc 7 news at 9:00 continues here tonight. covert operations on the ground

now. president obama authorizes secret missions in libya. the american expert advising japan who says the radiation threat should remain a localized problem. >> and -- >> a big increase in -- >> the bay area laboratory compound that may hold the ski 

good evening. a quick look at the headlines we are following for you tonight. new weather problems all around the bay area including a mud slide forcing the evacuation of two mobile homes in mountain view, a mud slide locking all lanes in both directions of highway 101 in southern humboldt county and you can see

trees came down as well. and the ground beneath this railroad track washed away, rupturing the schedule for local freight service. a former task force leader and four others accused stealing property during illegal searches. an attorney says the surveillance video shows the officers. and congressional investigators are questioning whether connections to the white house helped bay area companies get government loans. there are also questions will former state controller steve wesley may have unfairly benefited from the administration energy program. the investigation into this is just now beginning. the headlines tonight. we move you next to libya where reports say the cia cent small teams of operatives, some of them having rescue a crew member of a u.s. fighter jet that crashed. meanwhile thes who white house

is studying all types of assistance for rebels battling quaddafi troops. >> once a close ally of quaddafi, the defect section a major loss. but in libya, quaddafi's military is making gains on o the ground, taking back key oil towns. the rebels are on the run, hundreds of pickup trucks and buses retreating back toward the east, a sign of how heavily they depended on the international umbrella of the no fly zone. the fight of the rebels is -- sources say that president obama signed a presidential finding. it does not allow for arms to be provided but peaks the way

for presidential ordering of such support. so little is known about the rebels there are serious questions about who they are. >> we have seen flickers in the intelligence of potential al-qaeda, hezbollah, we have seen different things. >> that is one of president obama's concerns. what will arming these rebels ultimately mean in the long-term while in libya the fighting continues. larry jacobs, abc news. and while a lot of attention has been paid to libya, syria is becoming the next hot spot. syrian troops opened fire during a protest. the syrian president has blamed conspirators for the wave of unrest against his authorityian rule. >> u.s. marines headed to japan. they specialize in emergency nuclear response. tonight, new efforts to contain the nuclear fallout there as an american expert inside the plant has encouraging news. more on.

>> extreme measures. they are now considering draping enormous tarps over three of the reactors to contain the radiation, a plan that that has never been tried before. obsessione japanese ob with robots the u.s. government has come through with a quad of radiation hardened robots to do the dangerous work. that is something dr. robert gale is one of the few to see up close. here he is at the staging area for nuclear experts and doctors about 12 miles from the reactors. he says it is a place filled with helicopters and even tanks. people in hazmat suits being monitored by the-mile-per-hour as they come and go from the reactor. >> the workers i know feel that they are not getting enough information. >> the doctor spent years working in chernobyl and is now in japan to advise the prime minister offense directly on safety measures. his bottom line, the health risk interests been overblown

and that includes those working inside the reactors. >> i don't think that they are at extraordinary risk unless something really goes wrong. >> so are you saying that years from now we are not going to see a percentage of the workers coming down with unusual rates of cancer? >> that would be extremely unlikely. extremely unlikely. >> in fact, he spent a full day inside the exclusion zone with no protective gear or monitoring device of any kind. he says the radiation is not dangerous enough even in the exclusion zone to be harmful over a matter of days. the real danger for an adult he says would take prelonged exposure. dr. gail is so confident in his own health he says he has no plans to get tested himself. remember the three plant workers hospitalized? they have been released. they have severe radiation burns to their feet and legs. the doctor says the kind of

radiation they he were exposed to only damages the surface of the skin and he expects them to have no long-term risks of cancer. president obama today says that he wants to reduce u.s. oil imports and is not afraid to use nuclear power to get there. responding to a three month rise in gas prices the president set an ambitious goal of reducing imports by a third and increasing the use of biofuels and natural gas and making cars more fuel efficient. the president says nation's energy culture must change. >> here is the bottom line. there are no quick fixes. anybody who tells you otherwise isn't telling you the truth. and we will keep on being a victim to shifts in the oil market until we finally get serious about a long-term policy for a secure affordable energy future. >> gas prices have gone up 50 cents a gallon this year. republicans blame the white house and the sloe pace of

issuing permits for new offshore oil wells that arise. >> much more to bring you here on the news at 9:00. coming up, the microscopic worms that could help lead the way to a longer life span. >> the driver i had an apple turnover.kne.

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scientists told the food and drug administration today that there is some evidence linking food dyes to hyper activity in children. the artificial dyes are found in everything from cereal to soft drinks. the fda says there is not enough evidence to say they contribute to adhd but some parents disagree. >> on the ground, screaming, at one point she was actually clawing at her own face with her finger nails. >> the fda will hear public and industry testimony and is expected to make a recommendation sometime tomorrow afternoon. we will, of course, pats it along. a pennsylvania trucker may have saved his own life by crashing his 18 wheeler. rick taylor was eating an apple while driving and started choking on it and couldn't breathe and passed out. he crashed into a concrete median and the apple dislodged when smashed his chest against

the steering wheel. the doctors back it up and say it could happen exactly that way. bay area researchers believe a compound found in labs across the world could we used in the fight o age related diseases. the story from carolyn johnson. >> if these tiny worms swimming under a microscope were human they would be way past social security. in fact an experimental technique is dramatically increasing their life spans. >> we found that around 60% increase and 70% of increased life span. >> reporter: the extended life span is the result of a compound better known in labs around the world as basic yellow number one. a common dye use alzheimer's research for decades.

but he wondered if the binding effect might also help slow the deterioration process in the proteins which happens with normal aging. the lab director agreed to test out the theory. >> and he thought if the compound is combined maybe it can alter the dynamics of that situation and, indeed, they did and i find a big increase in nlife span. it was an amazing moment when i said wow, that really is working. >> the worm on the left is near the end of its life cycle and can barely move. the worm on the right is the same age. but after being treated with the compound it is able to function normally, showing little effect of aging. >> this animal is doing well. >> beyond extending longevity, the director believes it may have a larger impact in combating age related diseases. in a separate experiment it slowed disease progression in worms bred with alzheimer's. >> shows the potential for small molecules able to

maintain the proteins themselves. a new way to think about aging and a new way to think about diseases. >> the data is so encouraging they now started a round of trials in mice. >> researchers are also looking at several other small molecule compounds that bind proteins including the active ingredient in a popular indian spice. we are learning about what could be landmark documentation of the last days of jesus cite. they are 70 man new scripts discovered five years ago in a cave in jordan. there are references to the messiah and perhaps even the crucifixion and resurrection. if the writings are verified they could prove as important as the discovery of the dead sea scrolls back in 1947. when abc 7 news at 9:00 continues tonight. the bay area bike owner who is collecting and restoring

memories. >> half the older peel sa peopy that, i know this bike, this is my bike. >> and the real estate market 

this story may take you back to a simpler time.

the thrill of an old two wheeler and not the kind with 18 gears, just one and a coast brake. marin county town with plenty of them. as wayne freedman reports, maybe not enough for a tour de france but you certainly a tour de force. >> just try to count all of bikes some weekend. they are everywhere. more bikes than cars practically. >> it is the hop. >> a lastout post in a flat valley that leads to viking paradied. the more challenging roads of western marin county. no wonder they have 8 bike shops but only one like this. and a police conspicuously missing, one type of ride. middle aged men. >> such attire wouldn't look right on a preworld war

ii schwin. >> they may also have the nation's highest number per capita of antique steel cruiser this will last another 100 years,. >> but fate, fortune or design, every one of therecord-setting collectibles came from low key motors also joan as jarred's front yard. a bike guy most of his life. raced for 15 years and build a word of mouth busy sticking to a pure and rigid market nish. >> i was just wondering if you have any available ten speeds. >> i don't do derailers. >> if you are old enough and look closely at the details of the bikes they bring back memories. good memories. the older people say i had this bike, i know this bike, this is my bike. >> do they want it back? >> some of them just want to talk about it. most of them just want to talk about it. >> like many of the people who ride them, these are bikes with

histories, made all the more interesting because of their flaws. distinguished bikes that wear their experiences. >> they had fins in the late '50s so they had to put them on bikes. >> bikes with classic rides. racing names. games like elbin, bf goodrich, murray. remember hawthorn? >> that was the house brand for montgomery wards. >> selling nostalgia. >> definitely selling nostalgia in our industry. something we used to make in the united states and that is less and less of that all the time. >> jarred finds many of his bikes on the internet and especially from midwestern yard sales. he takes every bike apart piece by piece. >> things are rubbing. >> reporter: you are selling simplicity. >> they are simple, there is no question. i tell people you have to put

air in the tires, go buy a bike pump. it is like you need a bike pump and you are good. >> reporter: and in a complicated world there is something appealing about that. as much as we might want to sometimes we can never bring back the past but with an old cruiser beneath your feet you can still ride it. from marin county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. sometimes the old ways are best, aren't they? let's go back and update the forecast. spencer, good bike riding weather around here. >> absolutely. today and tomorrow as well. lots of record highs today at various locations indicated by the asterisks as highs soared into the 80s and we will see more asterisks tomorrow. into the 80s, once again. we will start to see clouds moving in on friday. thin high clouds drop the temperatures down. a pleasant day. by saturday, rainfall coming in. first part of the day on saturday could be a little wet but after that we will dry out

and the second half of the weekend looks good. the cataba lieutenant seven-day forecast. more record highs testimony. pleasantly cooler on friday. wetter saturday. dry on sunday. windy over the weekend. mild on monday, tuesday and wednesday. >> we will move next from the simplicity of the old bikes to something on the opposite end of the spectrum. looks like a russian billionaire paid more than thought for a mansion in silicon valley. new reports say he paid 100 million, not 75 million bucks forfor this house in the los altos hills. it has 30,000 square feet, indoor pool, ballroom and wine cell layers. get this. he is planning on using it as a second home. >> can you imagine what his first bill looks like? his power bill must be $10,000 a month yes. >> hangs out at our place occasionally. he likes the smaller more

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coming up tonight, more coverage of the aftereeffects of the storms. an explanation of why the dry weather is not helping stop the sliding hill sides in the bay area. those stories and more coming up in one hour at abc 7 news at 11:00 over on channel 7. larry is here with all of the

sports. a surprise move and a big move for the giants. >> a huge move and kind of a gamble. on the day before opening defense of the world series title the giants made big decisions to cut the roster and brandon bell has made the team. he was a fifth round pick out of texas in the 2009 draft. he blossomed so quickly. hit .282 this spring with three homeruns. it was thought that he would start the san in the nineors and come up into a couple of month in the campaign. he played his way on the team. aubrey huff will move to right field and that is fine while cody ross is hurt. what they do when comes back is really any one's guess. belt is ecstatic. >> feels great right now. you know, this is pretty much the most exciting time of my life. on top of my marriage, of

course. but i have a lot of emotions going through me right now. excited to get the call my parents and tell them the good news. >> try to give him a couple, maybe -- the way it looks to me right now, ross at right. >> and do what i did last year. throw me around whereever. >> the odd man out in all of this is travis who hit only .173 this spring. no room for him at first base so he has been designated for assignment. >> the last week or so i thought i was on the team. you know, today i guess i have to, you know, show that it is business and i understand that the giants are, you know, trying to move forward. >> the a's open the season friday at home against seattle. pitchers and drew bailey and rich harden will begin the year on the disabled list. the a's sent tyson ross to

triple-a. he was vying for the fifth spot in the starting rotation. he pitched well, this spring but will start the year in sacramento. utility man andy laroche a long shot to make the roster. the a's get set to open the 2011 campaign with the ms. on the field today, the giants wrapped up the bay bridge series nice pitching early on. braeden grew up a giants fan and said he wanted to pitch at at&t park. five and two thirds strikes out five. balmgartner, six sings. one of six i got with the giants with the pickup two runs -- chris stewart the game winning base hit to left off of kramer. the giants sweep the three game-set from oakland. a 2-1 come from behind victory. stanford on another trip to the final four capturing the west regional.

a few days back before heading to indianapolis for the sunday showdown with texas a&m. this has been a tree p menads run. going to four consecutive final fours. is amazing in and of itself. the mission is to win one. freshman determined to capture the championship in his first season. >> now, that i have the opportunity i'm just -- i think the nerves are going away and it is just more like sorry, spirit within me. the senior are class only knows final fours and now having the opportunity i'm excited and want to make it memorable. >> warriors in memphis. i do remember it. we will take care of you down there. >> half court alley-oop to wright. lynn off the bench. ties it up at 6. the grizzlies picked up leon power. warriors were up ten in the

third quarter. considerry buries the three. remember they are coming off a back-to-back. the second game in as many nights, tony allen the backdoor on this one. with authority! memphis turns it around and go up by nine. look at zac reynolds. 6'9" lumbering and takes it coast-to-coast. warriors outscored 62-38 in the second half and fall 110-91. college. broncos in the final game. the college insider.com tournament. rodriguez on the jam. ben. want to talk about manley. two hands slammed down the middle. kevin foster with unlimited range. final seconds. first half. foster beats the clock from 345. santa clara by 10. foster finishes with a team high 16. named the most valuable player as santa clara catches the cit

company by a field of 76-69. they won five games in a row to close the season, finished with nine out of ten victories. on the trip back at iona they visited the site of 9/11 or ground zero. they made it an educational trip. >> meaningful trip. >> and a meaningful trip. most just playing a basketball game. >> there is fabulous college basketball this month. >> and fantod is still going. listen for the cases. you follow up. greatality and great player. >> that is this edition of abc 7 news at 9:00. stay connected 24/7 at abc7.com. for larry beil and spencer christian